The show, which cost just $3 for admission, was sold out, according to a Facebook post by the club’s owner and namesake. Ridley said there was a waiting list of more than 200.

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“Thank you Tim Allen for making it one of the best nights in Comedy Castle history,” Ridley wrote Thursday morning. “I know many people are waking up this morning and are insanely happy that they were in the audience.”

Ridley went on to describe how the impromptu appearance came to be.

“Tim was up north at his Michigan cottage and he called me and asked if he could show up on Wednesday and rehearse a set he was working on,” the Facebook post read. “He insisted that it must be a surprise appearance.”

Ridley concluded the note by hinting there could be another celebrity guest in the future.

“It will happen again, maybe not with Tim but with someone great that has been on my stage before and wants to feel a Detroit audience and their genuine reactions and hear their laughter,” he wrote.

Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle is located at 310 S. Troy St. and can be reached at (248) 542-9900. Visit comedycastle.com for more information.